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FCC Puts Local Public-Safety Networks on Hold

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Amy Schatz

July 31, 2012 7:50 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON—Federal regulators affirmed Tuesday that most cities and states planning to start wireless broadband networks for police and other first responders must wait until a new national public-safety network is operational.

The Federal Communications Commission had proposed the step earlier in July and made it official in an order Tuesday. FCC officials also kept open an option for states like Texas and Mississippi that are...